The IEEE/ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS (TMECH) is a bimonthly periodical that began as a quarterly in 1996 as a joint publication of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, and ASME Design Engineering Division. The aim of the present transactions is to establish a high-quality archival journal which presents the state of the art, recent advances and practical applications of mechatronics. Its scope encompasses all practical aspects of the theory and methods of mechatronics, the synergetic integration of mechanical engineering with electronic and intelligent computer control in the design and manufacture of industrial products and processes. The covered ten technical areas included are:

    Actuators and Sensors
    Automotive Systems
    Intelligent Control
    Manufacturing
    Micro Devices and Opto-electronic Systems
    Modeling and Design
    Motion Control
    Robotics
    System Integration
    Vibration and Noise Control

and other applications that involve novel and synergistic integration of information processing, electronics and mechanical devices with engineered and/or non-engineered systems.